VEGETABLE SEEDS 
EGGPLANT 
% oz. to 100 ft., 5 to 6 oz. per acre. 
Sow in mild heat, about the middle of March, and transplant 
on June 1, setting the plants 2% feet apart. Prices: See 
page 33. 
Black Beauty. The fruits of this variety ai-e large and sym¬ 
metrical. Retains its glossy black-purple coloring for a long 
time. This lasting quality makes it distinctly popular. 
Improved Large Purple. The standard home and market sort. 
Plants are large, 30 to 36 inches tall. Very productive, com¬ 
monly bearing 4 to 6 or more large, handsome, dark purple, 
symmetrical, broad, egg-shaped fruits. 
ENDIVE 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
Sow about the middle of April, in rows 1% feet apart, and 
thin out to about 9 inches apart. Prices: See page 33. 
Broad-leaved (Escarolle). Leaves long, broad, and succulent. 
Pine for Winter salads and cooking. 
Large Green Curled (Pink Ribbed). Outer leaves bright green, 
midribs tinged with rose. Center leaves blanch readily. Makes 
attractive salads. Vigorous and resistant. 
KALE, Borecole 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
The culture is practically the same as that of late Cabbage, 
but as the plants will withstand several degrees of frost they 
can grow late into the Pall. Many think Kale best after the 
first heavy frosts. Prices: See page 33. 
Dwai’f Green Curled Scotch. Plants have wide-spreading, fine¬ 
ly furled blue green plume-like leaves. Relished as a vegetable 
green and useful as an ornament. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. Hardy plants with leaves deeply 
cut. Curled at the edges, light green in color; very tender and 
finely flavored after touched with frost. 
Jersey or Thousand Headed. Called Chicken or Cow Kale. 
Vigorous branching plants with enormous Cabbage-like leaves. 
Relished by poultry and livestock as Winter greens. Pkt. 5c; 
1 oz. 10c; M lb. 20c; 1 lb. 60c. 
KOHL RABI 
% oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
The delicious flavor of this turnip-shaped bulb combines 
both Cabbage and Turnip. As early in Spring as possible, sow 
the seed in light rich soil in rows 1% feet apart. When plants 
are well established, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 20c; M lb. 60c. 
Early Purple Vienna. Standard early sort. Plants small; leaves 
dark green with profuse purple staining. Bulbs flattened 
globe shape, best for use when 2 to 2% inches in diameter but 
become larger; exterior purple; but flesh white; mild, crisp, 
and tender. 
Early White Vienna. For forcing. The best table sort if used 
when the bulbs are 2 inches in diameter. It matures very early 
and produces medium sized, light green bulbs with white flesh 
of excellent quality. 
LETTUCE 
54 oz. to 100 ft., 3 lbs. per acre. 
Sow the seed in hotbeds during February until the middle of 
March, afterward transplanting into flats or coldframes, leav¬ 
ing about 6 to 8 inches between the plants. As soon as weather 
becomes suitable, transfer to open ground and set out in rows 
1 foot apart, leaving 9 inches between the plants in the rows. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; M lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
New York No. 12. A comparatively recent selection of the 
New York type; an early variety and does well in midsummer. 
It is lighter in color than the regular New York and is popular 
with shippers and large growers. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A development from Number 12, 
matures slightly earlier and should be grown where there is 
hot weather as it is resistant to tip-burn. 
Simpson’s Early Curled. Widely used for home gardens. Early, 
hardy, and dependable; non-heading with large crumpled, 
frilled leaves, forming a compact bunch at center of plant. 
Light green in color. Tender and sweet. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most 
widely used and best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. 
Plants large, upright, compact, and handsome; bright solid 
light green; leaves large, broad: margin much frilled; very 
tender and sweet when grown under glass. 
Hanson. A very hardy Lettuce, excellent for a Summer crop 
as it withstands heat. Forms a large, light green head which 
is very hard. An excellent variety for the home gardener for 
it is very sweet, crisp and tender. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading sort, very desirable for 
home garden use. Plants of medium size, crisp and tender; 
color medium green with brownish-red edges on outer leaves. 
Chicken Lettuce. This is a non-heading Lettuce, quite differ¬ 
ent from those used for human food. The plants grow 4 ft. 
tall before they run to seed. It is ready for cutting in 45 days 
after sowing. Planted extensively for feeding poultry and 
rabbits. 
MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
In sections where the Summers are short, seed can be 
planted indoors or in hot beds in small boxes. The young 
plants can be transferred to the garden when danger of frost 
is past. If practicable, spade in a liberal forkful of well rotted 
manure at the bottom of each hill. The rows should be at 
least 6 feet apart and the hills 3 feet apart in the rows. In 
general, the culture is the same as that for cucumber. Prices: 
See page 33. 
Hearts of Gold. This, popular medium sized melon follows the 
earlier varieties. It is fine to plant for succession as it ripens 
in about 100 days. The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 
The smooth orange salmon flesh is exceptionally thick and 
fine flavored. 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. Fruits are small with rather 
large seed cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily covered 
with hard grey netting. Flesh thick, green in color with gold 
tinge at the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good quality. 
Hale’s Best, Improved No. 36. An outstanding shipping vari¬ 
ety. Fruits slightly oval, uniform. Flesh exceptionally thick, 
deep salmon in color; sweet, and of very fine quality. Has a 
delightful aroma. 
Persian. A late, slow growing variety. Fruits globular; rind 
very dark green, netting fine but sparse. Flesh thick, orange- 
pink in color. Of a distinct and delicious flavor. 
Casaba. The Casaba is rapidly taking its place as a melon 
for the late season after the Muskmelons are past. Fruits 
are medium, large, globe shaped, weigh 6 pounds, outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh white, luscious and 
spicy. 
Honey Dew. A very fine melon. Fruits large globular, 
weigh 5 to 7 pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with practically 
no netting, creamy white. Flesh is light emerald green, thick 
ripening to the rind; juicy and tender, with a distinct sweet¬ 
ness not found in other melons. 
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PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 
